Biotechnology

Another name for GMO (Genetically Modified Organsim) is ____________.

• Transgenic
• Transplanted
• Transducted
• Plasmid

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using living things or parts of living things to produce a product or solve a problem

• biotechnology
• tissue culturing
• bioremediation
• transgenic

a rice strain that has been genetically modified to make Vitamin-A

• Brown Rice
• Yellow Rice
• Golden Rice
• Vitamin Rice

GMO stands for

• Genetically Made Organism
• Growing More Organisms
• Genetically Modified Organism
• Growing Many Organisms

Using biotechnology to change the genetic makeup of an organism is called

• Tissue Culturing
• Biotechnology
• Cloning
• Genetic Engineering

All of the following are advantages of GMO's except

• pest resistant crops
• more nutritional foods
• unknown long term health effects
• creating more human insulin

Vitamin A is a nutrient that helps prevent?

• cancer

• diabetes

• loss of eyesight

• viruses

Another name for GMO (Genetically Modified Organsim) is ____________.

• Transgenic
• Transplanted
• Transducted
• Plasmid

How do you create recombinant DNA?

• First, cut the gene and plasmid with the same restriction enzyme. Second, insert the gene into the plasmid. 
• First, insert the gene into the plasmid.  Second, cut the gene and plasmid with the same restriction enzyme. 
• First, cut the gene and plasmid with different restriction enzymes. Second, insert the gene into the plasmid. 
• First, insert the gene into the plasmid.  Second, cut the gene and plasmid with different restriction enzymes. 

What is a restriction enzyme?

• Enzyme that cuts DNA
• Enzyme that add to the DNA strand
• Enzyme that builds proteins
• Enzyme that breaks down lipids